Improvement in cultivators



R. HENRY, YOF MONMO'UTI-I, ILLINOIS. Lette/rs Patent No. 85,662, dated Tanna/ry 5, 1869.

MROVENEENT IN CULTIVATORS.

Tho Schedule referredto in these Letters Patent and making part of the hama.

To all whom'it ma/y concern: Be it known that I, It. H. HENRY, of Monmouth, lin the county of `Warren, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cultivators; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use 'the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formingrpart of this specification.' Y

This invention relates to improvements in that class of cultivators in which the supporting-wheels are so pivoted to the main -flame as to allow their direction being changed in relation to the said frame, for the purpose of giving side movement to the plows, to 'avoid hills out of line, 85e.; and

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement ofthe joint for attachin g the plow-beams to the' main frame, andV in the combination of the same with the main frame in such manner as to allow ofthe most perfect control of the plows by a simple handlever.`

Figure 1 is a perspective view, showing one plowbeam (the right-hand one) attached,'and the other (the left-hand one) o.

Figure 2 is a top plan or view of the' wheels, axle, and tongue, and the device for controlling the direction of the wheels.

'Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Letters B B represent upright posts, supporting, on their top, the axle A, and, at their base, the plates a a.

D represents braces, connecting the uprights B to the. tongue or draught-pole C.

T represents vertical axles, pivoted, or operating in suitable bearings through the ends of axle A, and

through the plates a.

The vertical axles Thave the wheel-spindles W attached to their lower end, at right angles with themselves, and carry, at the upper end, the arms F, attached to them by means of a key.

H represents rods, pivoted to the arms F at their out ends, and to a lever, J, at their in ends, or adja- 'cent ends, the lever J -having an operating-handle, L,

and being pivoted, at N, on the rear end of tongue C.

M represents a guard, for place. l

It will readily, by reference to fig.' 2, be seen that, by moving the' lever L to the position shown by the dotted lines, the direction of the frame will be changed, and consequently the plows, and that rows of plants may be plowed or cultivated to much nearer vtheir ends than by the usual plows and devices hinged at the end of'- beams.

P R S represent the part of joint which is attached to uprights B, and to which the beam-plate 'w is pivotd at S, allowing free vertical movement of the plows, which are held steady, at the same ltime, by the guard X. The plate Bis pivoted at n', and, by changing the bolt R, the points of the beams maybe raised or lowered. V

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim as new, and .desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The adjustable plates P, beam-platel W, and guard X, constructed and arranged substantially as described, and combined with the frame A B O D, axles T W, arms F, rods H, and lever J L, substantially as and for the vpurpose described.-

Subscribed and witnessed, this 4th day of September, 1868.

` R. H. HENRY.

Witnesses:

W. B. RICHARDS, IBA A. PALMER.

holding the lever J in 

